The 75th Ranger Regiment Is Adding A Fifth Battalion | Task & Purpose

With over 16 years of non-stop combat deployments under their belt, the Rangers are about to become even deadlier on the battlefield.In a historic first, Task & Purpose has learned that the 75th Ranger Regiment will be activating a fifth Ranger battalion to provisional status on May 22.

The new battalion, called the Ranger Military Intelligence Battalion, will be located on Fort Benning, Georgia, alongside regimental headquarters, the 3rd Ranger Battalion, and the Ranger Special Troops Battalion.

“The battalion is designed to further professionalize the Regiment’s Intelligence Warfighting Function, align home-station training and capabilities against the 75th Ranger Regiment’s Joint Forcible Entry and surgical combat operations…